Owls to honor Brent Elwell Saturday

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information:

Keene State will honor Brent Elwell with a remembrance at halftime of the men’s basketball game against UMass-Boston on Saturday, January 23, at Spaulding Gym. The College also announced that it will donate the proceeds from the basketball doubleheader and accept donations to the Elwell Family Scholarship Fund that has been established at Keene High School.

Contributions may also be made to: Trustees of Trust Funds for the Union School District of Keene with a memo reference to “The Elwell Family Scholarship Fund” at 34 West Street, Keene, NH 03431.

Elwell, a Keene native and huge KSC sports fan, died January 5, from heart failure after a life-long battle with cancer. He was 33.
Diagnosed with leukemia and heart problems when he was three years old, Brent stopped growing at 4’9”, due to the radiation treatments he received. But that never stopped his growing involvement with KSC sports. That was his passion, and any fan who attended any Owl athletic event was likely to see Brent, helping out somewhere on the sidelines. Besides working and volunteering regularly over the years at KSC sporting events, Brent worked in various positions on campus, from helping in the mailroom 15 years ago to his most recent job in the bookstore.

Ned Elwell, Brent’s father, will speak at halftime along with Pat Hearn, a close friend of the Elwells and a member of the KSC Athletic Department staff.

“We’ve have lost our MVP but we know he’ll always be keeping an eye on all of his teams from up above,” said Hearn.
The Keene State basketball doubleheader begins with the women’s game at 1 p.m. The Owl men tip-off at 3 p.m.